As any archaeologist knows, a good forensic person is worth their weight
in gold!! When an archaeologist discovers a bone skull, if they want to
see what the face of this person looks like they can work with a forensic
researcher and reconstruct the face. So Frank Joseph thought, why not
try something similar with the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

Frank Joseph is a historical writer that lives in Olympia Fields, Illinois,
not too far from where we live. He is the author of such books as The
Crystals of Atlantis and The Lost Pyramid of Rock Lake. In 1986
Frank began his search to see if such a face could be constructed.
Being familiar with the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull through his father
and his research on the late Classic Mayan Society, he decided the
best place to start would be to contact
Frank Dorland, who had researched the Mitchell-Hedges Skull for six years
from 1964-1970.

Miss Mitchell-Hedges, the owner of this special artifact,
had met Frank Dorland at the New York World Fair in 1964 and agreed to
let Mr. Dorland have the skull on loan, to see if he could determine more
information about what the crystal skull was about. During this time, Mr.
Dorland constructed various plastic (apoxie/resin) and plaster molds, to help
him study the skull, especially
to determine how it might have been constructed.

In any case, in Mr. Dorland's book, Holy Ice, he mentioned that on a
rare occassion, during one of his presentations about the Mitchell-Hedges
Skull, showing some of the molds he had made, a person would ask "Wouldn't
it be marvelous to see her (Mr. Dorland feels that the Mitchell-Hedges
Skull is that of a female) face?". Also Mr. Dorland mentioned that when
he would meditate with the crystal skull, he would inwardly see the face
of a young woman.

So when Frank Joseph sent a letter to Mr. Dorland in 1986 about his interest
to reconstruct a face of the crystal skull, Frank Dorland was quite
intrigued. Frank Joseph told Mr. Dorland in the letter that he knew of a well
known physical anthropoligist, Dr. Clyde Snow at the University of Oklahoma.
Joseph asked, if it would be possible to show one of the molds to Dr. Snow to
see what he thought about the viability of a forensic reconstruction. Mr.
Dorland agreed and gladly shipped a plaster mold of the crystal skull to
Frank Joseph.

Dr. Snow was very impressed with the mold and after careful analysis said the
skull was not just an artist conceptions of a human skull but was a copy made
of an actual skull of a young female. Receiving such a high evaluation from
Dr. Snow, Frank Joseph became more encouraged and by following leads was
eventually lead to the team of Peggy C. Caldwell, a collaborator with the
anthropology department of the Smithsonian Institute and detective Frank
Domingo, a composite artist with the New York police department. Again,
the two Franks, with Joseph sending the forsenic team the mold and Dorland
sending them some glossary photographs he had taken of the Mitchell-Hedges
Crystal Skull, the forsenic team was ready to see what they could come
up with as a face.

Above, is a scan images from the book, Holy Ice by Frank Dorland. On
the reader's left is the drawing done by the forsensic team (Frank Domingo)
and on the right is a sketch by Dorland of the face he has seen of the
crystal skull in his meditation. Notice the similarity.

Just another interest part of the puzzle related to the Crystal Skulls. For
more information about the facial reconstruction of the Mitchell-Hedges
Crystal Skull we recommend the following two books:

Editor's Note: If you notice, the three key figures in making
the facial reconstruction possible, Joseph, Dorland and Domingo, all have
the same first name of Frank. { Frankly, I find this quite puzzling!! :-) } In
any case, I have found in my own personal experiences, when the number three
comes up (three instances or coincidences of the same thing), it is a sign
that this event was meant to be. I don't know, what do you think.

But wait, our story does not stop here .... through the urging of one
of our friends in particular, who know that Frank Joseph was in the
Chicago area, in August or September of 1993, I gave Frank
a phone call and we had a very delightful conversation. I asked Frank
if he had persued his researcher any further related to the reconstruction
of the face, and he said no. He said that he felt that he went as far as
he could go and that the mold, he received from Frank Dorland, he had been
allowed to keep. However, he said the mold was just sitting in a box and
he wasn't doing anything with it. I boldly asked if it would be possible
to borrow the mold for some researcher I would like to conduct and he said
that was fine. So, while I was at my job, he delivered the mold to our
home one weekday during September and we still have the skull as of the
writing of this report (March, 1995).

No, one might ask, what kind of research can one do with a mold. Well,
through the research done on our crystal skull book (Mysteries of the
Crystal Skull Revealed), it has been determined that any facsimile made
of an ancient crystal skull, will contain some aspect of the original
energy of that object. I have seen this happen repeatedly in many of
my lectures, where I am showing slides of various ancient crystal skulls
and the energy of the room seems to grow more intense. So I wanted to
see if people who are sensitive would pick up any energy with the mold.

I have included another Web Page, to discuss our experiences with the mold
if you would like to read more about this. You will find a selection
below you can choose to link to this page. In addition, if anyone would
like to contact Frank Joseph directly, please feel free to contact us and
we would be happy to forward your message.